Professional, Efficient and Reliable Asbestos Surveys For Warehouses
If your warehouse or industrial unit was built before the year 2000, it is a legal requirement to carry out an asbestos survey to inspect the risk of exposure.
For a commercial property, it is the duty holder’s responsibility to manage the risk of asbestos compliantly and therefore, help protect those who come into contact with any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs). The ‘duty holder’ could refer to the landlord, building owner or building manager of the warehouse in question. Otherwise the UK Government states you could face steep fines of up to £20,000 should you not comply.
As licensed asbestos consultants who work across both the commercial and domestic sectors of asbestos inspection, Pillars Environmental can carry out three types of asbestos surveys for warehouses: Refurbishment & Demolition Surveys (R&D), Asbestos Management Surveys (AMS) and Asbestos Re-Inspections.
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Refurbishment & Demolition Asbestos Surveys for Warehouses
Refurbishment & Demolition Surveys, formerly known as Type 3 asbestos surveys, are typically required when more significant works are due to take place at your warehouse. As the name suggests, this could include a full or partial refurbishment or demolition.
Contrary to Asbestos Management Surveys, the R&D survey is an intrusive method of examining asbestos-containing materials within your warehouse. This method employs sampling and inspection techniques to fully determine the presence of ACMs. Because of the methods used during this type of survey, your warehouse will need to be completely vacated from the beginning to the end of the survey.
During inspection, our asbestos surveying team will take samples of any materials suspected to be asbestos-containing, in line with the guidelines set out by the HSG264 Asbestos: The Survey Guide. Once the samples have been extracted from your warehouse, we will send them to an UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited laboratory for testing. Here, it will be confirmed whether the materials contain asbestos.
There is a “legal duty to manage the risk of asbestos in non-domestic premises”.
The Control of Asbestos Regulations, 2012 (Section 4)Asbestos Management Surveys for Warehouses
Compared to the intrusive methods used during an R&D survey, Asbestos Management Surveys for warehouses require less disruptives techniques to inspect the presence of asbestos. Previously regarded as the Type 2 asbestos survey, this type of survey could be better suited to your warehouse if you are unable to vacate the premises for the duration of the survey.
While the specific sampling techniques differ, the processing of the samples remains the same. At Pillars Environmental, we only ever use the most trusted UKAS-accredited labs to process and inspect your warehouse samples, thus ensuring reliable and accurate results. After the confirmation of your warehouse survey test results, our licensed asbestos experts can help you to deal with the ACMs through an Asbestos Management Plan or other Asbestos Removal Management services.
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Asbestos Re-Inspections for Warehouses
If your warehouse has asbestos-containing materials in a good overall condition, it may be advised that they remain in situ but are checked upon frequently to ensure their condition does not deteriorate. It may be the case that your Asbestos Management Plan underlines the need for regular asbestos re-inspections, and if that is the case for your warehouse, our experts can conduct a re-inspection to confirm said ACMs are not threatening to warehouse workers or visitors.
Should the overall condition of your ACMs change, we will advise on our recommended route of action to ensure compliance with important health and safety measures.
Asbestos Surveys For Warehouses Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
When is an asbestos survey needed for my warehouse?
An asbestos survey for a warehouse is generally needed when you either have refurbishment or demolition works planned (be it full or partial), it was built before the year 2000, or you currently have suspected ACMs on-site which need to be tested.
How long will an asbestos survey for my warehouse take?
The length of the asbestos survey will be different for each warehouse depending on the size of the building, how accessible the affected area is, the quantity of ACMs, etc.
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How much do asbestos surveys for warehouses cost?
The cost of the asbestos survey will be different for each warehouse : depending on the size of the building/affected area, the type of asbestos at-hand, the location of the project in relation to our offices, etc.
For a better idea, please contact our friendly and professional asbestos consultants today for a free, no-obligation quote.
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